The topic I have chosen for my research paper comes under the general heading of culture. Culture may be defined as the language, beliefs, values, norms, and material objects passed from one generation to the next. The specific topic I proposed to investigate is discrimination of homosexuals in the workplace. This topic is particularly interesting to me because I am an advocate of equality for all. I believe that no matter your race, age, sex, or sexual orientation you should be treated fairly. My paper will provide an in depth look at this type of discrimination, the laws that protect the victims, and explain how this affects our society. Finally, I will describe the insights I have gained in researching this topic as well as pose some additional questions on the topic. Lesbians and Gay men face discrimination everyday for their choice of lifestyle choosing a different sexual orientation has caused them to be discriminated against. The people that are a part of the homosexual community have to deal with inequality in the world in general but the workplace is supposed to be a place of business. Homosexuals are the victims of harassment, unlawful termination, and hate crimes especially in the workplace. These things take place because of sexism and inequality (Mills). These types of discrimination stem from large corporations that see homosexuals in the workplace as a threat. They feel that the image that their company is trying to portray is not one of homosexuality. This can lead to their own judgments overcoming that of the other employees that feel that homosexuality is okay. But, there are some employees that feel the way big corporations do which causes problems as far as discriminatory acts towards homosexuals in the workplace. Because of the awareness of these employees homosexuality is put on the front line, persecution of homosexuals rights and lifestyle is escalated and therefore turned into a larger problem than what was foreseen in the first place....

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...Topic: WorkplaceDiscriminationagainst LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender)
General Purpose: To inform
Specific Purpose: Discrimination occurs against LGBT who are in different industries.
Thesis: In each state people are afraid of coming out in the workplace of different industrials because the chance of get fired or harassed (Throughout the US, those who are LGBT do not come out in their industries due to fear of harassment or getting fired).
Introduction
Attention Graber : Discrimination in the workplace continues within society against females, races, religion, age, and sexuality.
Reason to Listen: To prevent workplacediscrimination happening again in our generation.
Thesis Statement: In each state people are afraid of coming out in the workplace of different industrials because the chance of get fired or harassed. (Throughout the US, those who are LGBT do not come out in their industries due to fear of harassment or getting fired.)
Credibility Statement:
My personal connection to this topic is that I know people who are discriminated in their workplace because of their sexuality.
The sources that I am using in this speech are journal articles from Jstor, newspaper articles , news websites and court cases.
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...Today more than ever companies are changing the way gays, lesbians, and transgender individuals are treated in the work place. Companies are adopting non-discriminating policies, starting to give more benefits and other practices that include GLBT in the workplace. In 2002, the first Human Rights Campaign Foundation Corporate Equality Index rated employers strictly on seven criteria, which remain the basis for today’s rating system. The original criteria were guided in part by the Equality Principles, 10 touch points for businesses demonstrating their commitment to equal treatment of employees, consumers and investors, irrespective of their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.
Just 13 businesses received perfect ratings in that first year; by 2005, more than 100 businesses had achieved perfect ratings, with many establishing the next best practices such as spousal-equivalent domestic partner benefits and comprehensive insurance coverage for transgender employees. Today 195 businesses achieved the perfect rating. Some notable companies include Apple Inc., Ford, General Motors, General Mills, and Microsoft Corp.
The Human Rights Campaign is America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discriminationagainst GLBT citizens and...

...Discriminationagainst Women in the Workplace
Jessica Holmes
Professor Williams
April 10, 2012
From the beginning of time the male and female have been expected to perform certain roles in society. Males have been expected to work and provide for their family while the female raises the children, cooks, cleans and keeps the house in order. Today many women have broken that tradition and are starting their careers and becoming more independent. Even though females today are braking away from that stereotype, they are being discriminated in the work place because there are still individuals out there that believe that women should play a certain role and that they are not strong enough to work in a cooperation or organization.Apart of society believes that women should not compete and take jobs away from men because men are the breadwinners for the family. I believe that women are strong enough and there are some women out there that do their job better than a male can.
According to buzzle.com, the term gender discrimination basically means the prejudicial treatment of a group or a person due to their gender or sex. It involves a reinforcement of behavior and attitude on the basis of traditionally stereotypical roles people have in the society we live in. Gender discrimination can involve a whole variety of issues, from unequal pay to women being portrayed as sexual objects...

...﻿Jason John D. Camposano BSEd 1-C
Discrimination of Gays and Lesbians
Here in our country, we have a big population. Years have passed and there are many gays and lesbians in our community. In the eyes of people, gays and lesbians are not acceptable because they think that gays and lesbians are the problems of our country. There are some reasons why there are gays and lesbians.
Children and adolescents become gays and lesbians because of their peers. As long as they hang out with their friends or peers, the more that they become gays and lesbians. They actually have been acceptable with their friends because it is how they see in them. Their peers don’t care what their identity is as long as they don’t bring any problems. There is also a fact that when they always hang out with their opposite sex or gender, they will do the same thing as the others are doing.
In social media, there are videos like movies and “tele-nobelas” that are usually been watched by children and adolescents. There are videos that have characters like gays and lesbians, usually in the eyes of the children, it’s fun being a gay and lesbian so that is time when the children will try to act like the characters in the videos and...

...Hate Crimes AgainstGays and Lesbians
LaReese Nixon
Kaplan University
CJ490: Research Methods in Criminal Justice
Prof: Deborah Barrett
August 7, 2012
Abstract
Introduction
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons frequently face violence motivated by their sexuality or gender identity. Violence may be executed by the state, as in laws prescribing corporal punishment for homosexual acts, or by individuals engaging in intimidation, mobbing, assault, or lynching. Violence targeted at people because of their perceived sexuality can be psychological or physical and can extend to murder. These actions may be motivated by homophobia or trans-phobia, and may be influenced by cultural, religious, or political mores and biases thus, making my problem statement: People that misunderstand homosexuality commit hate crimes. Making my variables: People that misunderstand homosexuality as my independent and my dependent being: Commits hate crimes. These variables can be operationalized by only the nominal measurement. The reason for this use is because there are too many different categories of homosexuality. There are men who like men, women who like women, men who dress as women to attract other manly looking men, women who are attracted to women who dress and carry themselves like men, and for this confusion alone there is no possible way to measure what group of homosexuals that are targeted...

...life.
One of the many reason that the gay and lesbian group grabbed my attention, is the fact that they are discriminated every day of their lives, which is something that a lot of people identify themselves with, such as myself. Discrimination has been a part of my life because this country is not my nationality and I have lived and experienced the hate and indifference from other people throughout my life. It is very common in life for people to discriminate others because they are taught at a very young age. Whether it is because of race, religion, sexuality, gender, age, personality or way of life, everyone pre-judges. One of the groups that are commonly experiencing uprising discrimination lately is homosexuals. Discrimination degrades people and makes them feel less of a person because they are not accepted as equal in their community, but at the end we are all human and we are all the same regardless of our differences of value and the way we choose to live.
Homosexuals are not different from any other group; they have the same values, dreams, goals and want to lead a happy and productive life as anyone else in this world. Many people think that homosexuals are not capable of having a normal life and family as everyone else because they might encounter emotional obstacles on the way due to their sexual orientation. However, despite of the discriminations toward same-sex...

...Q1: Describe methods and techniques in which employers can maximize organizational protection against affinity related litigation.
A1: Title VII does not afford any protection for affinity orientation discrimination. Where an employer could be involved in a lawsuit is when states have laws that prohibit affinity discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. With that said Employers should treat sexual orientation of its employees as irrelevant and only judge employees on the merit of their work performance. Employers may wish to add gays, lesbians, and transgender coverage to their antidiscrimination policies.
Where affinity groups in the workplace are concerned, employers can maximize organizational protection against affinity related litigation by treating all groups equally. What an employer does for one group it must do for all, especially when it seeks to encourage diversity in the work place. The employer should not give preferential treatment to one group as well as discriminate against a group of workers who claim some sort of affinity.
Employees of General Motors (GM) sued GM for refusing to sponsor a Christian employee affinity group. GM’s policy was to not sponsor any religion based affinity groups. GM was successful in defending against the lawsuit because it upheld its policy not to sponsor any religious affinity groups....

...is on Carla Trujillo’s article on chicana lesbians: Fear and Loathing in the Chicano community. Carla Trujillo hit it right on the head when according to Trujillo chicana lesbians are perceived as a threat because it disrupts the order of male dominance and raises the awareness for chicana women about their own independence and control (Trujillo281) This is true because of the machismo way that males have dominated families that have shaped their children to think that chicana women are inferior to men. Trujillo also made sense when she talked about sexuality when it came to suppressing it because women are taught to concede all pleasure to the male (Trujillo282) which makes women not appreciate their bodies and know little about them. Another point I want to make is the way chicanas identify themselves because chicans are taught at an early age to undervalue themselves, this in turns to chicana women being dependent on men. Motherhood and Religion play a essential role in the way chicana’s minds are molded because in the Mexican- American family women are taught that in order to be a complete woman you have to get married to a successful man and bare his children.
Chicana’s are taught at a early age that it is important to find the right man to have their children with because it is the man that will support her financially and emotionally In contrast; If a chicana woman comes out of the closet and proclaims that she is a...

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